Amendments effective January 1, 2012, to Civil Code §3084 now require, in addition to the “Notice of Mechanics’ Lien Attention!” which remains in effect, that the proof of service affidavit “shall show the name and address of the owner or reputed owner upon whom a copy of the mechanics lien and the Notice of Mechanics […]
Read more »In P&D Consultants, Inc. v. City of Carlsbad, a December, 2010, an unpublished (can’t be cited as authority) Court of Appeal decision involving a breach of contract action pertaining to a redesign of defendant-city’s municipal golf course, The Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s decision awarding $109,093.81 to P&D for extra work because there […]
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2010 may have marked a year with historic lows in construction but it was quite the opposite in our busy appellate Courts. As has been the case in recent years, cases dealing with the interpretation of the Contractors License Law provisions were dominant, putting new spins of prompt payment penalties and Business and Professions Code […]
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